The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic Selections from the Writings of the Most Eminent Humorists of America, Ireland, Scotland, and England ...D. Appleton, 1859 |
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Стр. viii
... called him " the most unfair preacher in the world , for he left nothing to be said on the other side . " Voltaire's enumeration of the shapes of Wit bears such a verisimilitude to the catalogue of the divine as to give authority to a ...
... called him " the most unfair preacher in the world , for he left nothing to be said on the other side . " Voltaire's enumeration of the shapes of Wit bears such a verisimilitude to the catalogue of the divine as to give authority to a ...
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... called Wit , is sometimes a new comparison , sometimes a subtle allu- sion ; here it is the abuse of a word , which is presented in one sense and left to be understood in another ; there , a delicate relation between two ideas not very ...
... called Wit , is sometimes a new comparison , sometimes a subtle allu- sion ; here it is the abuse of a word , which is presented in one sense and left to be understood in another ; there , a delicate relation between two ideas not very ...
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... called it Ma - re Mount . They lived , according to the chronicler of Plymouth , " in great licentiousness of life , in all profaneness , and the said Morton became lord of misrule , and maintained , as it were , a school of Atheism ...
... called it Ma - re Mount . They lived , according to the chronicler of Plymouth , " in great licentiousness of life , in all profaneness , and the said Morton became lord of misrule , and maintained , as it were , a school of Atheism ...
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... called at a tavern , in the fall of the year , for a dram . The landlord asked him two coppers for it . The next spring , happen- ing , at the same house , he called for another , and had three coppers to pay for it . " How is this ...
... called at a tavern , in the fall of the year , for a dram . The landlord asked him two coppers for it . The next spring , happen- ing , at the same house , he called for another , and had three coppers to pay for it . " How is this ...
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... called the old school ; the Greek. FROM MODERN CHIVALRY . " OUR worthy knight , and his aspiring bog - trotter , had now been some days , perhaps weeks , in a large village , not necessary to be named ; but which , not more than a score ...
... called the old school ; the Greek. FROM MODERN CHIVALRY . " OUR worthy knight , and his aspiring bog - trotter , had now been some days , perhaps weeks , in a large village , not necessary to be named ; but which , not more than a score ...
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Стр. ix - ... for wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully, one from another, ideas, wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another.
Стр. vii - ... expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense: sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical...
Стр. 62 - But neither breath of morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent night With this her solemn bird ; nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.
Стр. 86 - As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Стр. 14 - Sense her dictates wrote, Fair Virtue put a seal, or Vice a blot. The thought was happy, pertinent, and true ; Methinks a genius might the plan pursue. I — can you pardon my presumption ? — I, No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various the papers various wants produce — The wants of fashion, elegance, and use; Men are as various ; and, if right I scan, Each sort of paper represents some man.
Стр. viii - ... knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language. It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way — such as reason teacheth and proveth things by — which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto.
Стр. 6 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes, to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here, and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire cry'd, which some denied, But said the earth had quaked ; And girls and boys, with hideous noise, Ran thro
Стр. 183 - The fight's made up, and let's go at it. my soul if I don't jump down his throat, and gallop every chitterling out of him before you can say 'quit'!
Стр. 45 - Derby. A wet Sunday in a country inn ! whoever has had the luck to experience one can alone judge of my situation. The rain pattered against the casements ; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. I went to the windows in quest of something to amuse the eye ; but it seemed as if I had been placed completely out of the reach of all amusement. The windows of my bed-room looked out among tiled roofs and stacks of chimneys, while those of my sitting-room commanded a full view of the stable-yard....
Стр. 20 - tis welcome still to me, But most, my Hasty Pudding, most in thee. Let the green succotash with thee contend; Let beans and corn their sweetest juices blend; Let butter drench them in its yellow tide, And a long slice of bacon grace their side; Not all the plate, how famed soe'er it be, Can please my palate like a bowl of thee.